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" 'T^HH most charming New England Village," said 
X an English traveler who not long ago visited 
Williamstown. Crowning an eminence in a bowl- 
shaped valley, between the rounded slopes of the 
Taconic Mountains and the more jagged ridges of the 
Hoosac range, with Grey lock overshadowing one bor- 
der and Mount Hopkins looking down upon the other, 
the natural beauties of Williamstown are indeed unsur- 
passed. Bryant sang of them in his apostrophe to 
' ' Green River. ' ' Successive generations of the sons of 
Williams College have proclaimed them to the ends of 
the earth. Scores of the substantial business men of 
New York, Albany, Troy, Washington and other cities 
treasure their recollections of summer vacations in their 
midst. Whether^ for a day's visit or a season's rest, 
Williamstown challenges comparison with all other 
eastern villages. 

This delightful summer resort is in the northwest 
corner of Massachusetts ; bounded on the north by 
Vermont and by New York on the west. The eleva- 
tions that surround the village are by far the most 



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attractive of the well-known * ' Berkshire Hills. ' ' They 
form a part of the larger Green Mountain range, which 
extends, with gradually diminishing altitudes, from 
the Canada line through the center of Vermont and 
Western Massachusetts and Connecticut almost to the 
shores of Long Island Sound. 

Numerous spurs of various heights jut out from the 
principal chains. Two of these, with the adjoining 
mountains, enclose Williamstown as in a vast amphi- 
theatre, the Hoosac River flowing westward forming 
its northern vista, thence winding through a narrow 
valley into the open country beyond as it seeks the 
lower level of the Hudson. On the east, at seven miles 
distance, the Hoosac Mountain range rises abruptly, 
overhanging the large manufacturing town of North 
Adams, now almost a city. But the loftiest height is 
no obstacle to engineering skill. The mountain is 
pierced, almost within sight of Williamstown, by the 
famous Hoosac Tunnel, through which the trains of 
the Fitchburg Railroad pass and repass on their way 
between the Hudson and the Hub. 

Williamstown is easy of access, it being situated on 
the Fitchburg Railroad Company's main line, 148 miles 
west of Boston ; 43 miles east of Troy, and 57 miles 
southeast of Saratoga. The Fitchburg road is known 
otherwise as the ' ' Hoosac Tunnel Route. ' ' Starting 
from New York or the south, the traveler reaches its 



rails at Troy ; coming from the west he meets them at 
Troy or Rotterdam ; from the north at Saratoga, Eagle 
Bridge or White Creek (North Bennington), and from 
New Haven at Shelburne Falls. And this Hoosac 
Tunnel Route is also the shortest between Boston and 
Buffalo and all western cities. 

The following statement of routes and distances to 
and from Williamstown will be found convenient for 
reference : 

Distapee^ to U/illiamstou/r}, /T\as5. 



New York 



New Haven 
Hartford . 



Boston . . . 
Providence 



Rutland 



Montpelier 



Lake Champlain 
Plattsburg 



L,AKE George 

Caldwell 
Saratoga . . 
Troy . . 



ROUTE. 

New York Central & Hudson River R.R. to Troy, 
then Fitchburg R.R 

West Shore to Alban3% Delaware & Hudson to 
Troy, Fitchburg R.R 

Day Line or People's Line Steamer to Albany, 
Del. & Hudson to Troy, then FitchburgR.R. . 

citizens' Line Steamer to Troy, then Fitchburg 
R.R 

New York, New Haven & Hartford to Shelburne 
Falls, then Fitchburg R.R 

New York, New Haven & Hartford to Springfield, 
Connecticut River to Northampton, New York, 
New Haven & Hartford to Shelburne Falls, 
then Fitchburg R.R 

Fitchburg R.R 

Providence & Worcester to Worcester, then 
Fitchburg R.R 

Bennington & Rutland to White Creek (North 
Bennington), then Fitchburg R.R 

Delaware & Hudson to Fagle Bridge, then Fitch- 
burg R.R 

Central Vermont and Connecticut River Line to 
Greenfield, then Fitchburg R.R 

Delaware & Hudson to Saratoga, then Fitchburg 
R.R 

Lake Champlain Steamer to Fort Ticonderoga, 
Delaware & Hudson to Saratoga, then Fitch- 
burg R.R 

Delaware & Hudson to Saratoga, then Fitchburg 
R.R 

Fitchburg R.R 

FitchburgR.R 



Miles 

191 
191 
191 

191 
128 

95 
148 

152 

77 
82 
195 
187 

187 

89 
57 
43 



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Fro7n Nezv York and Albany the principal trains of 
the New York Central & Hudson River and of the 
Delaware & Hudson Company connect in the Union 
station in Troy with east-bound trains on the Fitch- 
burg Railroad running direct to Williamstown and 
vice versa. Passengers on the night boats from New 
York have ample time for breakfast at a hotel in Troy, 
or at new and excellent dining rooms in the station, 
before taking the morning train on to Williamstown. 
Those arriving by the Day Line of Steamers up the 
Hudson may take a late evening train or remain in 
Albany or Troy over night. 

Fro7n Buffalo and the West there are daily parlor or 
sleeping cars via the West Shore and via the Delaware 
& Hudson Railroads. 

From the Cats kills, take the West Shore R. R. or the 
Hudson River steamboats to Troy, and thence the 
Fitchburg Railroad. 

Froi7i Saratoga, Lake George or the Aditondacks, 
solid trains run between Saratoga and Boston, stopping 
each way at Williamstown. 

From Rutland and the North, close connection is 
made with Fitchburg Railroad trains at Eagle Bridge 
and Hoosick Junction. 

From Hartford, Springfield and Nezv Haven, trains 
connect at Greenfield and Shelburne Falls with those 
of the Fitchburg Railroad. 



From the White Mountains and the Gree?i Mountains, 
passengers will connect with the Fitchburg Railroad 
trains at Greenfield. 

From Providence and Worcester, take the direct route 
via Gardner. 

The Fitchburg trains are equipped with the best 
modern day, parlor and sleeping cars, and almost every 
part of the line traverses a pleasing and picturesque 
country. 




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Travelers from the west will be interested in the 
great bridge that spans the Hudson at Mechanicville ; 
those from Saratoga in the same piece of engineering, 
and in the lovely view of Saratoga Lake, along whose 
borders the track runs for a considerable distance; 
those from Troy, in the panorama of busy cities and 
cultivated fields, as the train climbs out of the valley 
of the Hudson on the way from Lansingburg to Mel- 
rose, with Cohoes across the river, and Troy and 
Albany in the more distant south. The Troy and Sar- 
atoga divisions unite at Johnsonville. There are some 
pretty views of the Hoosac River just below Hoosick 
Falls, and of Mount Anthony and its neighbors 
between Hoosick Falls and Petersburg Junction, and 
then Old Greylock comes into view. Williamstown 
appears on the right after crossing the river twice on 
iron bridges east of Pownal. 

Coming from the direction of Boston the scenery 
includes the full sweep of the grand valley of the 
Deerfield River for some 30 miles after crossing the 
Connecticut at Greenfield, and the nine-minute passage 
of the Hoosac Tunnel, with its novelty, its rumble, 
and now its brilliant electric light. 

Visitors to Saratoga, Lake George, the Adirondacks, 
Catskills, White Mountains or the sea-shore, should 
be sure to stop over at Williamstown going or return- 
ing. 



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Arriving at the railroad station in Williamstown, 
the traveler will find carriages awaiting him. It is a 
long half-mile to the main street, over a broad and 
w^ell-kept road, ascending out of the valley. Turning 
at right angles, another half-mile, leading past the 
College grounds, brings the coach to the west-end of 
the beautiful village. 

One who comes to the village at night, and the next 
morning first sets eyes on his surroundings from the 
hotel veranda, will express unbounded astonishment. 
The houses, churches, hotels and college buildings 
stand as if in the center of a great natural park. There 
is not a fence in sight, not even a hedge row to divide 
the beautiful lawns. Rev. Nathaniel H. Egleston of 
Washington, who has written largely on topics of vil- 
lage improvement, has spent much time in Williams- 
town, and sees in its broad avenues an example worthy 
of commendation. The place was one of the first to 
abolish fences along the streets, and between adjoining 
estates. The work began nearly twenty years ago, 
was carried forward with more or less concert of action 
among the townspeople, and was finished with the 
help, by night, of some public-spirited though rather 
lawless students. 

WiUiamstown, as a village, owes not a little of its 
attractiveness to Cyrus W. Field. Its beautification 
has been chiefly the restoration of natural conditions 



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by the removal of artificial incumbrances. With 
numerous slopes and triple eminences, the opportunity 
for unobtrusive landscape gardening was unsurpassed. 
About the time that village improvement began to 
receive attention, Mr, Field gave $10,000 to Williams- 
town to be expended in this work. The services of 
Frederick I^aw Olmsted were secured, a carefully 
matured plan for the arrangement of walks, trees and 
shrubbery was adopted, and the results are now patent. 
A double row of fine old elms and maples borders each 
side of the principal street, which has the magnificent 
width of over 250 feet ; and evergreens and young 
deciduous trees are properly disposed. At the western 
end of the village, just above the hotels, a miniature 
park occupies the center of the avenue. The numer- 
ous side streets are likewise well kept, with abundance 
of shade. The shadows of the mountains are ever 
present. A day seldom passes without exquisite cloud 
effects, and the very air breathes rest and comfort. 

Let the visitor in his imagination walk up to old 
West College, on the highest ground in the village, 
and climb to the little unused observatory upon its roof. 
What a glorious view of the mountains ! Square in 
the north stands the Dome, a wooded summit of per- 
fect dome-like form, seldom visited, but from its com- 
parative isolation, one of the handsomest and most 
impressive of the visible summits. Nearer the town, 



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in the northeast, is the long stretch of East Mountain, 
whose further peak, with an elevation of some 2300 
feet, is easily reached from North Adams. Across the 
valley, to the southeast, rises the Prospect Range, con- 
spicuous for its sheer ascent from the plain, concealing 
at its further end the summit of old Greylock, but 
leaving exposed a glimpse of its southern approach. 
The northern end of Prospect is known as Mt. Will- 
iams, for the founder of Williamstown and the College. 
Next to it is Mt. Fitch, so called from the first college 
president. These heights were in former days known 
by the prosaic title of Saddle-back Mountains, from an 
easily traced resemblance. The southern end of Pros- 
pect pitches off with a rapid descent ; is met at its base 
by the foot of Bald Mountain, which rises with a simi- 
lar front, and behind the two and between them stands 
old Greylock. The slopes of these three mountains, 
converging apparently to a common point at their base, 
form the " Hopper." 

Foot-hills of the Greylock range and the nearer 
Taconics fill the southern horizon, with Stone Hill in 
the foreground, an easy walk from the village, and one 
that includes within the range of vision the entire 
sweep of the northern and eastern heights, from the 
pass in the northwest through which flows the Hoosac 
River around to the buttresses of Bald Mountain in the 
south. 



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Turn now to the west, where stands the almost 
unbroken ridge of the Taconic range, forming the 
boundary between Massachusetts and New York. 
Two or three eminences rise above the rest. The 
highest, commonly known as Berlin Mountain, about 
2800 feet above the sea, faces the town at the left of the 
upper end of the principal street. Petersburg Mountain 
comes next on the right. Further north, at the "cor- 
ner of the States," where Massachusetts and Vermont 
together meet the New York line, there is another 
commanding eminence. Within the borders of Will- 
iamstown are also the following peaks of the Taconic 
range : Mt. Belcher, Leet Hill, Dodd's Cone, Mc- 
Master Mountain, Mt. Mills, and the twin peaks called 
Sabin Heights. 

Go where one may the mountains are a permanent 
feature in the landscape. Nowhere in Williamstown 
is the sight of them or the inspiring sense of their 
presence altogether wanting. Rev. Washington Glad- 
den, an Alumnus and Trustee of Williams College, 
saw them from another point of view as he drove from 
North Adams, but they were the same noble heights. 
' * We cross the fiver by the covered bridge beyond 
Blackinton," Mr. Gladden says in his charming little 
book, " From the Hub to the Hudson," and soon after 
ascend an eminence in the road * * from which the 
whole valley opens magnificently. In the west, and 



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running far to the north are the Taconic Hills, with 
their swelling slopes and their wavy outlines ; between 
them and the hill on our right, which is a continua- 
tion of Mt. Adams, and is known on this side indiffer- 
ently as Oak Hill and East Mountain, the green valley 
of the Hoosac narrows to a gorge in the northwest ; in 
the northern horizon the Dome, a noble and sym- 
metrical peak, is built up into the skj^ ; on the south 
the wooded ridge of Prospect stretches away toward 
the Hopper, the opening of which is scarcely visible : 
in the east, beyond the narrow opening between Mt. 




THE CHAPEL— WILLIAMS COLLEGE. 



Adams and the southern group, the massive battle- 
ments of the Hoosac Mountain close the scene. With- 
in this circle of hills a most charming valley is included. 
Observe the beautiful variety of surface ; the natural 
grouping of the trees upon the slopes ; the picturesque 
and park- like appearance of the whole landscape ! " 

Mr. Gladden writes poetry in verse as well as in 
prose. " The Mountains," of which he is the author, 
is a favorite song of the College boys. The grand 
scenery of the Berkshire Hills and student life at * ' Old 
Williams ' ' are linked in the memory of every graduate 
of the College, and the poet does not separate them in 
these melodious stanzas : 

O, proudly rise the monarchs of our mountain land, 

With their kingly forest robes, to the sky, 
Where Alma Mater dwelleth with her chosen band, 

Where the peaceful river floweth gently by. 

The snows of winter crown them with a crystal crown, 
And the fleecy clouds of summer round them cling ; 

The autumn's scarlet mantle falls in richness down, 
And they revel in the garniture of spring. 

The mountains ! the mountains ! we greet them with a song, 
Whose echoes, rebounding their woodland heights along. 

Shall mingle with anthems that winds and fountains sing. 
Till hill and valley gaily, gaily ring. 

That Williamstown is the summer home of many of 
the well-to-do families of the larger cities can excite no 
surprise. He who goes there once, goes again and 
takes his wife and children with him. With the 
utmost ease of accCvSs from all directions, not too far 
from the center of business and yet in the heart of 



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nature, with all the conveniences of modern life attain- 
able, and as few of the discomforts as are to be found 
anywhere, this gem of Berkshire County rivals and 
will soon outstrip Lenox and Stockbridge — towns per- 
haps more fashionable as yet, certainly developed 
earlier, but far inferior to Williamstown in natural 
attractions. 

Cottage life and hotel life are each a feature of the 
summer. Those who come for a few days or a few 
weeks usually live at the hotels or hire furnished 
houses. Others have bought farms or building lots 
with ample grounds on some favorite sites, for the 
erection of residences of their own. One can not go 
amiss in choosing a location, for there is scarcely an 
undesirable outlook in the place. 

One must take a carriage to see the places of interest 
to advantage. Distances in Williamstown verge on 
the magnificent. Horses and vehicles are kept for hire 
at very moderate prices by Mr. Thomas McMahon. 
The usual charge for a "rig" consisting of a horse 
and carriage with one or two seats, to be driven by the 
lessee, for a trip to North Adams or South Williams- 
town, each some five miles distant, is $2. To Ben- 
nington, fourteen miles away, $5 will answer. Driv- 
ing within the bounds of Williamstown is a perfect 
delight. Some of the hills are steep, but the roadways 
are always exceptionally smooth, the air is invigorat- 



ing and the distant prospects are charming, whether 
the team heads for the "Bellows Pipe" or "Snow 
Hole." A half-day may well be spent in the village 
and its immediate neighborhood. 

The following table of drives in and about Williams- 
town is taken, with slight changes, from that excellent 
guide,'" The Book of Berkshire," published by Clark 
W. Bryan & Co., of Springfield : 



MILES 

To Berlin Mountain, , . 5 

Mason's Hill and return, . 8 

Bennington, Vt., via Pownal, 14 

To " The Notch," ... 5 
South Williainstown, three roads, 5 

I,ebanon Springs, via Hancock, 20 
Pittsfield. via New Ashford and 

Lanesboro, ... 20 

Hoosick Falls, N. Y., . . 17 

East end of Hoosac Tunnel, 14 

Notch road to Adams, . . 7 
Same route out, return via North 

Adams, .... 18 

Bald Mountain, near Grej^lock, 7 

Macomber Hill, near Berlin Mt., 9 

To the " White Oaks," . . 2 
Pittsfield, via North Adams and 

Cheshire, .... 25 

Petersburg Mountain, . . 5 
(The "Snow Hole" is a'miles 
beyond Petersburg Mountain.) 



MILES 

North Adams, either by Grey- 
lock Village or by Blackinton, 5 
The Cascade, in the Notch, . 41^ 
Summit of Greylock, via new 

road of the Park Association, 9 
Around the " Short Oblong," 5 
Around the " Long Oblong," . 9 
Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, 22 
North Pownal, Vt., . . 8 
Hoosick Corners, ... 14 
Stamford, Vt., via North Adams, 10 
Central Shaft of the Hoosac Tun- 
nel, 9 

Adams, via North Adams, . 11 

New Ashford 8 

To "The HoiJper," ... 5 
Northwest Hill, return via Pow- 
nal, 9 

Hancock, 13 

Mt. Anthony, via Pownal, . 12 



There are two good roads to South Williamstown, 
and one of the first drives will be in that direction, 
going by one road and returning by the other. The 
west road turns to the south at the top of the hill be- 
yond "The Greylock," crosses Sweet Brook and follows 
up the valley of this little stream past Cold Spring. 
Two or three miles out it traverses higher ground, 
from which there is an uninterrupted view of the west- 
ern slope of grand old Greylock from its base in the 



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Hopper to its summit in the sky. No better sight of 
this monarch of the Massachusetts hills can be obtained 
than from this p>oint. Kast Mountain and its neigh- 
bors also continue visible, and Berlin Mountain frowns 
down from an altitude of 2800 feet on the right. 
The ride homeward will be by the stage road from 
Pittsfield to Williamstown, following Green river all 
the way. It is a level stretch, with now and then 
thick shade and the babbling stream for a delightful 
companion. At Sweet's Corners. Money brook comes 
down from the Hopper. ' ' Green river ' ' hardly de- 
serves the name ; it is little more than a brook. But 
Green river it will ever be, for Bryant has immortal- 
ized it, 

GREEN RIVER. 

Its shallows are bright 
With colored pebbles and sparkles of light. 
And clear the depths where its eddies play. 
And dimples deepen and whirl away, 
And the plane-tree's speckled arms o'ershoot 
The swifter current that mines its root, 
Through whose shifting leaves, as you walk the hill. 
The quivering glimmer of sun and rill 
With a sudden flash on the eye is thrown, 
Like the ray that streams from the diamond stone. 

A two-mile drive in the opposite direction takes one 
to the Sand Springs. Go by way of North Street and 
Moody's Bridge, and return by the railroad station. 
The springs are beyond a pine grove on the north side 
of the Hoosac River. They are owned by Foster E. 
Swift, proprietor of the Wilson House, North Adams, 



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who will soon build a large hotel on the property. 
The mineral water of the springs has something more 
than a local reputation for usefulness in cutaneous 
diseases. It has a uniform temperature of 74 degrees 
at all seasons, and has been known to fame for half a 
century. There are good facilities for bathing. The 
"White Oaks" settlement, with its neat little chapel 
as a reminder of the goodness of Prof Albert Hopkins, 
is near by. 

One main road, with two possible detours, leads from 
Williamstown to North Adams. The direct route is 




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through Grey lock village, or else through Blackinton, 
the distance either way being five miles. lyOvers, and 
other romantically inclined persons, always take the 
"back road." This turns out of the main highway 
to the right about half a mile from the village of 
Williamstown, ascends to the high plateau at the 
northern base of Prospect Mountain, and descends to 
the river road again at Braytonville. The circuit adds 
but little to the distance. It furnishes an unsurpassed 
view of the entire valley. The illumination of the 
western heavens and of the * ' Golden Gate ' ' at sunset 
is often remarkably brilliant. As the road is hilly, 
the time of the journey may be lengthened enough to 
excuse any amount of lingering. 

The following information regarding roads, streets, 
bridges and mountain peaks, will be found interesting 
to visitors to Williamstown : 

ROADS. 

Ashford Road— From Sabin House to Ashford line. 

Hancock Road— From Sabin House to Hancock line. 

Sloan Road— From Sabin House to Oblong, in memory of Gen. Samuel 

Sloan, whose first loghouse stood midway upon it. 
stone Hill Road— From Woodcock road to west end of Gale road. 
Green River Road— From Sabin House to east end of Gale road. 
Woodcock Road — From Green River road to Oblong, in memory of Nehe- 

miah Woodcock, whose house crowned the highest land on it. 
Hopper Road— From Sweet's mill to Bacon's, and beyond. 
Potter Road— From Haley's to the Ashford road. 
Burchard Road— From Hopper road to brick house, in memory of Samuel 

Burchard, who built the house. 
Hemlock Road— From old John Sherman's to Sabin House. 
Bee Hill Road— From old John Sherman's to New York line near Walker's. 
Torrey Road— From Hemlock road to junction with Bee Hill road. 



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oblong Road — From Torrey road to Hancock road. 

Petersburg Road— From Buxton bridge to the Pass. 

North West Hill Road— From Buxton bridge to Pownal line. 

Gale Road— From north foot of Stone Hill to Green River road. 

Blair Road— From Green River road to the right angle. 

Stratton Road— From same right angle to Main Street, at Markham's, in 

memory of Dea. Ebenezer Stratton, virho lived and died on it. 
Adams Road— From Markham's to the North Adams line, east. 
IvUce Road — From the Adams road to the "I^uce lot," in memory of Capt. 

Seth Luce. 
Paul Road — From the I,uce road to North Adams line. 
Blackinton Road— From the Adams road at Cook's to the North Adams line 

in Blackinton. 
North Hoosac Road — From the Blackinton road to the Thomas place. 
Simonds Road— From Moody bridge to the Pownal line, in memory of Col. 

Benjamin Simonds, who lived and died on it. 
White Oaks Road— From North Hoosac road to Pownal line, up Broad 

Brook. 
Sand Springs Road— From Simonds road to White Oaks road, up Broad 

Brook. 
Bridges Road— From North Hoosac Road to Pine Grove. 
Henderson Road — From North Hoosac road to Vermont line, in memory of 

John Henderson, a Hessian soldier, who built his log hut at the opening 

of it, east side. 
Brook Road — From White Oaks road to Henderson road, east. 
Treadwell Hollow Road— From Bee Hill road to Petersburg Pass. 
Roaring Brook Road — From Ashford road to Goodell's. 

STREETS. 
Main Street — From Buxton bridge to Markham's. 

Cole Avenue— From Main Street to North Hoosac road, beyond the station. 
Water Street — From Main Street to east end of Gale road. 
South Street— From Field Park to west end of Gale road. 
North Street — From Field Park to Moody bridge. 
Bulkley Street— From North Street to North West Hill road. 
Park Street— From Main Street to North Street, near Moody bridge. 
Whitman Street— From Park Street to North Street. 
Hoxsie Street — From Main Street to I^atham Street (not yet opened). 
L,atham Street— From Water Street to Austin's, and on to South Street 

(when opened). 
Spring Street — From Main Street to Latham Street. 

Meacham Street— From College bridge to Water Street, past Meacham's. 
Bingham Street— From Main Street to the mill-dam. 
Southworth Street— From Main vStreet, northward. 
Glen Street— From Main Street at Sabiu's to old John Sherman's. 
Linden Street— From Cole Avenue, eastward. 



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Hall Street— From Cole Avenue, eastward. 
Front Street — From Cole Avenue, westward. 

BRIDGES OVER THE HOOSAC RIVER. 

Baker Bridge, (east). 
Noble Bridge, (middle). 
Moody Bridge, (west). 

MOUNTAIN PEAKS. 

On the Taconics, from north to south : " Mount Belcher," (so named in 

1741) ; "lyeet Hill"; "Dodd's Cone"; "Mount Hopkins"; " McMaster 

Mountain " ; " Mount Mills " ; " Sabin Heights." 
On Kast Mountain, from north to south : " Mount Hazen," (from the sur. 

veyor who ran the State line over it) ; " Hudson's Height," (in memory 

of Captain Seth Hudson); "Mount Emmons"; "Smedley Height." 
On the south line of the town : " Stratton Mountain." 
On the Oreylock group (west lobe) : " Simonds Peak," (south end of 

Prospect) ; " Bald Mountain " ; " Mount Chadbourne," (point overhang. 

ing Potter road). 
(Middle lobe) : " Mount Williams " ; " Mount Fitch " ; " Greylock " ; " Mount 

Moore " ; " Mount Griffin." 

A thrifty young elm, planted by Prof. Arthur L- 
Perry of Williams College, in 1857, stands in the open 
meadow on the north bank of the Hoosac River, 
between Greylock and Braytonville. Just thirty years 
later the Young Men's Christian Association of North 
Adams, within whose bounds the meadow lies, voted 
that the elm should thereafter be called "Perry's 
Elm." It marks a spot that is famous in colonial his- 
tory — the site of old Fort Massachusetts. No post 
that figured in the French and Indian wars was ever 
more gallantly defended than this in the summer of 
1746, when Sergeant John Hawks, with 22 men, " held 
the fort" for twenty-eight hours against 900 of Vau- 
dreuil's Frenchmen and their savage allies. Fort 
Massachusetts was one of a series of fortifications that 



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guarded the trail from the settlements in the Connecti- 
cut Valley to those of the Hudson and the Mohawk. 
Its commander for several years after its erection in 
the summer of 1745 was Captain and Colonel Ephraim 
Williams, the clear-headed, far-sighted man to whom 
Williamstown owes its name, and Williams College 
both its name and existence. The fort commanded 
the trail which ran along the bank of the Hoosac, and 
was well situated for the purpose for which it was 
built, and for which, also, it was rebuilt in 1747, after 
its surrender by Vaudreuil, August 20, 1746. The 
French flag — the fleur de lis — floated over it for about 
two hours on that day, and then it was burned to the 
ground. Three pieces of artillery of small calibre were 
mounted on the new fort, which had been taken from 
Boston to New York by water, thence up the North 
River to Van der Heyden's Ferry (now Troy), and 
thence overland and up the Hoosac to the fort. This 
second fort, which was a block-house like the first, 
was picketed by Captain Williams, but soon ceased to 
be of much significance in consequence of the peace of 
Aix la Chapelle, in 1748 ; and in the next war was 
little more than a starting place and base of supplies 
for the expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown 
Point. It kept watch and ward over the early settle- 
ment of Williamstown, which was made by its soldiers. 
The capture of Quebec, in 1759, by Wolfe's army, 



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took the life out of the line of forts, and Captain Isaac 
Wyman, the last commander of Fort Massachusetts, 
thereafter raised corn within its pickets. 

There is a wild glen about a mile south of the vil- 
lage of Braytonville where the Notch Brook plunges 
for thirty feet over a jagged precipice. This is known 
as "The Cascade" — the objective point of many 
romantic excursions. In the opposite direction, beyond 
North Adams, hardly a mile from the town, is another 
terminus of frequent drives. This is the ' ' Natural 



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Bridge," an arch of limestone, under which the water 
of Hudson's Brook has worn a passage. The bridge 
{spans a chasm several rods in length, fifteen feet wide 
and thirty to sixty feet in depth. 

These are the principal drives in the lowlands. 
After the valley, the mountains. Several of the sum- 
mits can be reached by carriages and some of them by 
pedestrians with little fatigue. The passes of the 
Taconic range afford broad outlooks toward the Hoosac 
Mountains on the east, and the Catskills beyond the 
Hudson. A tramp along the crest of Petersburg 
Mountain for a couple of miles after leaving the car- 
riage in the highway brings the explorer to "Snow 
Hole," a picturesque ravine, where it is perfectly feasi- 
ble to play at snow ball on the Fourth of July. The 
road to Bennington, by way of Pownal, gives a mile 
or more of rapid ascent, with a grand prospect towards 
the south. But the Mecca of all excursionists is 
Greylock. 

The supreme eminence of a sea of mountains. Grey- 
lock rises in the town of Adams to the height of 3535 
feet above the sea. It is the highest point in Massa- 
chusetts. Until 1835 it was reached from Williams- 
town most advantageously by way of the Hopper. A 
long climb over Bald Mountain by a comparatively 
easy path still invites the more ambitious. But, thanks 
to the public spirit of many citizens of North Adams 



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and Wiiiiamstown, a broad mountain roaa oi i^^c^iivci- 
ble excellence now leads to the very crest of the 
rounded peak. Vehicles of all descriptions, from the 
single buggy to the tally-ho, make the journey. From 
an extended description of the mountain with all its 
surroundings, in the "Book of Berkshire," the follow- 
ing information is drawn : 

Starting from Wiiiiamstown the route is by the 
"back road" toward North Adams, and then up into 
the Notch. Here the new highway strikes off through 
the forest. The grade is easy all the way ; there are 
no steep ascents, for the building of the road was of 
the most thorough character. The association took a 
strip five rods wide, in order that the shade might be 
maintained, and also that adjoining land-owners, if 
they should wish to cut their timber, might not be 
able to encroach upon the drive. From the edge of 
the Hopper one may look down a thousand feet, its 
side, steep and rugged, overhung with shrubs and 
trees and vines. Several land slides have occured on 
the slopes of the Hopper, one of them 1600 feet in 
length. The most remarkable one happened in 1784, 
when a dwelling house was swept away, though the 
inmates escaped. At Wilbur's Clearing there is a 
superb outlook to the north and west. Wiiiiamstown 
and the College are sleeping down in the valley, aiid 
away beyond are the Taconics on the west, the Green 



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Mountains to the northeast, and the Hoosac River, as 
it winds through the meadows and the pass toward 
Pownal, and so on its way until it is lost in the dis- 
tance. North Adams is seen occasionally below and 
a back-ground for miles is the Hoosac range. 

Nine miles from Williamstown the excursionist 
emerges from the woods into an open space at the very 
summit of Greylock. Parts of five states lie within 
the range of vision — Massachusetts, Vermont, New 
York, Connecticut and New Hampshire. In the north 
are Equinox and Mt. Anthony in Vermont ; in the 
northwest are the prominent peaks of the Taconics ; 
to the east are Monadnock, in New Hampshire, and 
Wachusett, in plain view, and scores of smaller points, 
with Mt. Tom and Mt. Holyoke in the Connecticut 
Valley. In the west are the Adlrondacks and the 
Helderbergs. Southward the eye takes in the Dome 
of the Taconics, the southern sentinel of Berkshire, 
and the fellow- guard with Greylock of the two portals 
of the county. 

If Greylock stood alone in the center of a great plain, 
or even if the other and somewhat lesser mountains 
were carried away, its height would be more impress- 
ive. Its neighbors detract a good deal from'*its own 
glory, and one who looks fully into the breast of the 
monster pile and then to the summit, from Adams on 
the east or from the Green river valley on the west, 



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hardly realizes that he is gazing upward 2800 feet. 
He who takes a good look upon its forest-covered sides 
with the gray frost lingering on the spruces which run 
up the eastefn slope almost to the summit, can well 
agree with the application of the name, which many 
have asked the reason for, as on a clear winter morning 
the mountain fairly glistens in the sunlight. It is 
cold, forbidding and stern except in summer, when its 
shaded sides invite rest and repose ; and its summit, 
even from a distance, inspires one with the belief that 
Grey lock must, from the very nature of things, be a 
most charming and sightly retreat. 

A drive, requiring the better part of a day, takes 
one to the top of Hoosac Mountain, or, better yet, over 
the mountain to the east portal of the tunnel, returning 
the same way or through the mountain by train. The 
distance from Williamstown to the summit is about 
nine miles ; to Hoosac Tunnel station, fourteen miles. 
The ascent of the Hoosac range from either side is 
abrupt, and the scenery, as one climbs toward the 
clouds, is second only to that from Greylock. From 
the eastern crest the range of the eye includes Monad- 
nock and Wachusett, 50 or 60 miles away. The west- 
em ridge is 400 feet higher, and 2500 feet above the 
sea level. It affords a less extensive view, but, in the 
opinion of most, a more charming one. The first long 
gaze from the summit, with Greylock a little to the 



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left, North Adams almost at one's feet, and Williams- 
town down the valley in the back-ground, with the 
Taconic range beyond, is never to be forgotten. 

Similar views, reaching westward into the valley of 
the Hudson, and bounded by the Hoosac Mountains 
on the east, are to be obtained from the Petersburg 
and Berlin heights of the Taconic chain. Two or 
three roads lead from Williamstown to the salient 
points of the range. The drive to Bennington is 
delightful, especially if one has good company. The 
road passes under the shadow of Mt. Anthony, 
whose height may be scaled if time permits. The 
battle-field of Bennington is near the village of North 
Bennington, and is reached from Williamstown by rail 
via Hoosac Junction. Visitors will be interested in 
the battle monument, over 300 feet high, and in other 
points in the neighborhood. The occupants of a sightly 
house on the very ground where the Provincials won 
their victory can boast of living in two states, three 
counties and four towns. Mason's Hill is a moderate 
elevation on the north side of the Hoosac River, a con- 
spicuous object, appearing like a smooth rounded 
knoll. Going the other way the tourist can drive 
twenty miles or more, through New Ashford and 
Lanesboro, or through Hancock to Pittsfield, the 
county seat. A little further yet over the hills, to the 
southwest, lies the famous Shaker settlement of Leba- 




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NORTHWEST HILL. 



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non Springs. Parties are frequently organized for a 
trip from Williamstown to that interesting community. 

There are several favorite walks about the village 
and in its immediate vicinity. A stranger will loiter 
first of all through the College grounds and Mission 
Park. When ready for a longer stroll he will ascend 
Stone Hill, or the Cobble, where Williamstown is 
spread panorama-Hke beneath him, rest in the rustic 
summer-house, stroll through the adjoining forest, and 
descend the other side to Turtle Rock, or search out 
the beauties 6f Flora's Glen, or of Ford's Glen and 
Cold Spring. Then he will essay to climb East 
Mountain. 

Williams College would be worthy of an extended 
visit if it stood in a wilderness. Having its home 
among the glorious hills of northern Berkshire, its 
invitation to a close examination cannot be resisted. 
During the summer vacation students act as guides to 
visitors who wish to make a tour of the buildings, and 
every facility is offered for a thorough inspection. 
The museum is rich in curiosities, and every depart- 
ment offers much to interest and instruct. It would 
perhaps, be difficult to say whether Williamstown has 
made Williams College possible, or the College has 
given Williamstown its fame. Both theories are per- 
haps true. Certainly no purer air, no more inspiring 
scenes, stimulate accurate scholarship or form charac- 



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ter. Williams College was founded in 1793. Its grad- 
uates number over 3100. Among the more prominent 
sons of "Old Williams" have been President James 
A. Garfield, who graduated in 1856, and was on his 
way to visit his Alma Mater when he received his 
death stroke ; Justice Stephen J. Field, of the Uniited 
States Supreme Court, David Dudley Field and Rev. 
Dr. Henry M. Field ; Governor Emory Washburn, of 
New York, United States Treasurer James Gilfillan, 
and Comptroller Alfred C. Chapin, of New York ; 
Presidents Mark Hopkins, Paul A Chadbourne and 
Franklin Carter • of Williams College, Israel W. 
Andrews of Marietta and John Bascom, late of the Uni- 
versity of Wisconsin ; President Justin Edwards of 
Andover Theological Seminary ; Professor William D. 
Whitney of Yale, and many other college professors of 
eminence; Samuel H. Scudder, the naturalist; Elisha 
H. Allen, the long-time Hawaiian ambassador to the 
United States'; David A. Wells, Chancellor Erastus C. 
Benedict, Judges James D. Colt, John Wells, Francis 
H. Dewey, James M. Barber, and other distinguished 
jurists of Massachusetts and other states ; William 
CuUen Bryant; Rev. Dr. Samuel I. Prime, Rev. Dr. 
Robert R. Booth, Rev. Dr. Abbott E. Kittredge, and 
nearly one thousand other clergymen ; Gen. Henry S. 
Briggs, Dr. Freeman J. Bumstead, and a long list of 
other men of distinction in the various professions. 



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The College usually has from 250 to 300 students, 
with about twenty professors. Catalogues may be 
obtained by addressing Prof O. M. Fernall, Secretary 
of the Faculty. 

Several of the College buildings are of recent date, 
and modern in appearance and furnishing. Others 
have been inhabited by many generations of students. 
Nearest the hotels stands West College, the oldest of 
all. This building was erected in 1791, before the 
incorporation of the College. The institution was 
opened as a free school, with an endowment from the 
estate of Col. Ephraim Williams, who died in battle 





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at Lake George in 1755, and a small amount of funds 
raised in other ways. West College is used for a 
dormitory. Its neighbor, Kellogg Hall, was built in 
1847. On the next hill there are two other dormitories, 
East College and South College, put up in 1842. 
Between West College and East College come in order 
three handsome stone buildings, Morgan Hall, built in 
1884, Lasell Gymnasium, in 1885, ^^^ the College 
Chapel, in which is Alumni Hall, in 1859. Lawrence 
Hall, the library building, has stood on the south side 
of the grounds, between the chapel and South College, 
since 1846. It holds vSome 22,000 volumes. Beyond 
East College, on the brow of the hill, is Clark Hall, of 
the prevailing gray limestone structure, where the 
Wilder mineralogical cabinet is deposited. It was 
erected in 188 1. In range with Clark Hall are the 
old Astronomical Observatory, which was established 
in 1836 by Prof. Albert Hopkins, the first college 
observatory in the country, and in the rear, Jackson 
Hall, the museum of the Lyceum of Natural History. 
The new Field Memorial Observatory, with modern 
instruments, in charge of Prof. T. H. Safford, occupies 
a sightly open spot across the fields beyond Prof. 
Perry's residence. All of these buildings are on the 
south side of Main Street. On the noi th side, opposite 
West College, stands the "White House," the resi- 
dence of President Franklin Carter. The neighboring 



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elevation, beyond the Congregational Church, is occu- 
pied by Goodrich Hall, dating from 1870, Griffin Hall, 
the old chapel building, in which the College cabinet 
is lodged, from 1828. Between the Congregational 
Church and Goodrich Hall is the Mark Hopkins 
Memorial, erected through the liberality of Frederick 
F. Thompson and the Alumni of the College, to com- 
memorate the servnces of Dr. Mark Hopkins, President 
of Williams College from 1836 to 1872. For these 
buildings and other benefactions the College cherishes 
the names of John Z. Goodrich, Amos Lawrence, 
Edward Clark, Edwin D. Morgan, David Dudley 
Field, Frederick F. Thompson, and many additional 
givers of larger or smaller sums, not forgetting the 
debt of gratitude to Presidents Griffin, Hopkins, Chad- 




MARK HOPKINS MEMORIAL— WILLIAMS COLLEGE. 



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bourne and Carter for their constant devotion to the 
financial as well as the educational interests of ' ' Old 
Williams/' 

Nine secret or Greek letter societies have homes with 
more or less ample grounds, in different parts of the 
village. They are known as the Kappa Alpha Lodge, 
the Sigma Phi Place, the Delta Psi Lodge, and the Chi 
Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Phi Delta Theta, Zeta Psi, 
Alpha Delta Phi and Delta Upsilon Houses. Some of 
these chapter houses are gems of substantial and 
attractive architecture, the more noteworthy being the 
Sigma Phi Place, between the Congregational Church 
and Goodrich Hall, the Chi Psi, adjoining West Col- 
lege, the Alpha Delta Phi House, east of Taconic Inn, 
and the Delta Psi and Kappa Alpha Lodges, on oppo- 
site sides of Main Street, north and south of Field 
Park. 

Mission Park is a famous part of the College prop- 
erty. It lies on the northern side of the village, slop- 
ing toward the Hoosac River, beyond the residence of 
the late Dr. Hopkins. A unique stone monument, 
consisting of a globe surmounting a simple shaft, in 
the midst of dense evergreen shrubbery, marks the 
birthplace of the foreign missionary work of the Ameri- 
can Board. There, in 1806, a number of students met 
under a haystack for prayer and consultation, and from 
that meeting dates a new era of evangelistic zeal. 



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A spare hour may be given to the recesses of Ford's 
Glen, on Northwest Hill, and the deeper Flora's Glen, 
in the direction of Cold Spring. There is little water 
in the streams which course through these retreats, 
but the shade is dense and the opportunities for gal- 
lantry, if there are ladies in the party, are numerous 
enough. From either Stone Hill or the Cobble, south 
of the village, the entire valley lies spread out like a 
picture in rich color, with harmonious light and shade. 
The more distant Northwest Hill is higher, and affords 
an even broader range of vision. 

Visitors, whether for longer or shorter stays, will 
find accommodations adapted to their various purposes. 
First of all the hotels. "The Greylock," at the corner 
of Main and North Streets, is under the management 
of F. K. McLaughlin. It is a modern structure of 
about 95 rooms, facing east, south and west, with 
broad piazzas, spacious parlors, and such conveniences 
as electric bells, running cold spring water, bath-rooms, 
telegraph, tennis courts, and the like. The building 
is four stories in height, and its liberal proportions are 
amplified by the commanding site. Coaches run to all 
trains, and carriages, with or without drivers, may be 
found at the stables connected with the hotel. The 
terms for board correspond with those of the best hotels 
in the large cities, ranging from $15.00 to $21.00 per 
week, or $3.00 to $3.50 per day. 




flora's glen. 



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Directly across the street is the Taconic Inn, under 
the same management as "The Greylock." The 
rooms in the Taconic, some 50 in number, front the 
north, east or south. The Inn is three stories high, has 
a spacious veranda, and is blessed with an abundance 
of magnificent shade, as becomes a house with several 
generations of deserved popularity for part of its stock 
in trade. The Inn is open all the year, and has become 
a comfortable resort to enjoy the sleighing and other 
winter sports. It has been rebuilt, enlarged and wholly 
refurnished, has every modern improvement, including 
open fire-places, gas and steam heat, and is thoroughly 
home-like. The rates are $3.00 to $3.50 per day, or 
$12.50 to $21.00 per week. A livery stable is connected 
with the house and coaches run to the station. The 
owner is Col. A. D. Bullock, of Cincinnati. Mr. Bullock 
has other real estate in Williamstown, and is paying 
no little attention to the various interests of the place. 

Several cottages are at the disposal of the hotels, so 
that each is able to accommodate 100 to 175 guests. 

Numerous families take boarders during the summer 
or furnish lodgings for guests who dine at the hotels. 
Their terms are generally reasonable. In fact, the 
accommodation of boarders is a well recognized Will- 
iamstown industry 

The hotels and principal boarding houses, with their 
accommodations, are as follows : 



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Taconic Inn, Main Street, fifty rooms, remodelled and 
entirely refurnished with every improvement ; $3.00 to $3.50 
per day ; $12.50 to $21.00 per week. 

"TheGreylock," Main and North Streets, ninety- five rooms, 
with modern improvements, large parlors and dining-room, in 
a commanding situation ; $3.00 to $3.50 per day, $15.00 to 
$21.00 per week. Can care for 150 to 175 people. 

Misses Bardwell, Main Street, fifteen rooms ; table board for 
those who room elsewhere. 

Mrs. G. B. Wheeler, Main Street, twelve rooms ; table board 
for lodgers elsewhere. 

Mrs. J. Hosford, Main Street, boarding. 

C. Hickox, Bee Hill, boarding. 

Mrs. James Goodrich, Northwest Hill, boarding. 

Rooms can be secured for longer or shorter periods 
of the following people, meals being obtained at the 
hotels or at the boarding houses above mentioned : 

Thomas McMahon, corner Main and South Streets, adjoin- 
ing the Taconic Inn and opposite "The Greylock ; " nine 
rooms, for the summer. 

William C. Hart, South Street, near the Taconic Inn and 
"The Greylock ; " five rooms. 

Mrs. Paige, Glen Street, four rooms. 

M. P. Noel, Glen Street ; ten rooms, for twelve weeks. 

L. B. Noyes, Glen Street ; three rooms. 

Charles A. Mills, South Williamstown ; four rooms, July i 
to September 15. 

Sabin House, South Williamstown, a quaint old hostelry ; 
about a dozen rooms. 

Furnished houses can be secured for the months of 

July and August, and in some instances for longer 

terms. The season extends from June i to November 

I. September and October are usually clear, mellow 

and delightful Brighter foliage than covers the hills 



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and valleys of northern Berkshire atter the first blush 
of autumn is nowhere to be found. Those who rent 
their rooms, however, are apt to want possession after 
the beginning of the College year, early in September, 
as well as before Commencement, the last week in June, 
so that leases are generally restricted to July and 
August. Very commodious and convenient residences 
in eligible situations in the village or just on the out- 
skirts, with six to twelve or fourteen rooms, and every 
home comfort, may be' rented, furnished, at from $ioo 
to $250 per month. Further out the cost is less. 

To those desiring to build for summer residences or 
for permanent homes, Williamstown holds out many 
attractions. It may be added to what has been said 
already that scores of sightly spots are as yet unoccu- 
pied. Available house lots, with room for broad 
grounds, may be obtained within a short distance of 
the village ; while further away, on the slopes of the 
hills, in any direction, whole farms are to be had for a 
consideration. Several farms have passed into the 
possession of city people within two or three years. 
The cost of real estate is determined partly by its near- 
ness to the village and partly by its commanding more 
or less extensive views. Within a mile of the town 
land ranges in value from $50 to $300 per acre. Farms 
are offered at $50 an acre and upward. 

Among the people owning summer homes in this 



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beautiful Berkshire village we note the following : N. 
H. Sabin, New York ; Samuel P. Blagden, New York ; 
E. M. Jerome, New York ; John B. Gale, Troy ; Col. 
A. D Bullock, Cincinnati ; James W. Bullock, Cincin- 
nati ; Lawrence Hopkins, New York ; Rev. Henry 
Hopkins, Kansas City ; Frederick Leake, New York ; 
W. H. Doughty, Troy ; Mr. Harrison, Milwaukee ; 
Mr. Howland, New York. 

Running water has been brought from Cold spring, 
on the Back road to South Williamstown, for a number 
of years, and a large additional supply is now brought 
from Prospect Mountain Its quality is excellent, and 
the quantity is sufficient for all reasonable wants of the 
community for years to come. The new connection 
gives enough fall in the street mains to carry the water 
to any place in the village or outskirts where buildings 
are like to go up. 

An electric light company has been organized, and 
it is intended to introduce both the arc and incandes- 
cent systems. The village is also supplied with gas. 

Taxes are levied at a reasonable rate on a moderate 
valuation. The charge has usually been about $12.50 
per $1000, or i}( per cent, of the assessed value. 
There is no reason to look for a higher rate than i^ 
to I 3-10 per cent. 

While the winters are cold, the temperature is modi- 
fied by the extreme dryness of the air. Both spring 



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and autumn are apt to be comparatively late. The 
observations of a series of years show a mean tempera- 
ture of about 67° in summer, 23° in winter and 45° for 
the year. The elevation of the village being 708 
feet above the sea, the air is never stagnant. Fresh 
breezes come down from the mountains, and the nights 
are almost invariably cool, even in mid-summer. 

There are no better roads in all New England. Wil- 
liamstown's good name for irreproachable highways is 
known far and wide. And a convenience appreciated 
by all drivers is the system of guide- boards directing 
the way to all points. 

Williams College is an important element in the life 
of the town. Most of the professors have families and 
the society is choice and refined. There is a well-con- 
ducted and growing public library. Lectures of a high 
grade are provided every winter by the College author- 
ities and the town's-people usually have the advantage 
of them. There are large Congregational, Methodist 
and Roman Catholic churches and a smaller Episcopal 
church. The town supports a High School and a 
Grammar School in the village, and district schools 
elsewhere. 

Farming, sheep-raising and the breeding of fine 
horses are the principal industries. There is a large 
cotton-mill near the railroad station. The population 
of the town was 3394 in 1880 and 3729 in 1885. 



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ST.DE/NISHOTEL 

TAgLOK'S R EST AUT( A/NT, 

Cor. B-ROATDWAg and BLBVB/MTH ST-RBBT. 

/NEW yoKK. 

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EUROPEAN PLAN. 

•ROOMS $1.00 PBR "DAy Ai^l-D UPWA-Rt). 

During the past year the Sf. Denis has been enlarged by a 
new and handsome addition which will double its capacity. 
All the latest improvements have been placed in the new build- 
ing, with a large and very attractive new Restaurant, connect- 
ing with the old one, to provide for the steady increase of 
patronage. 

WILLIAM TAgLOK, ProlDrietor 

CHA-RLBS H. POSSOAJS, 

AUTHO-R, PUBLISH B-R AND p-RIAJTB-R, 

GLBAIS FALLS, H. g. 

Prepares, Prints or Publishes 

Illustrated and "Descriptive Books for Boards 

of Trade, "Railroads, Summer "Resorts, 

Hotels, Btc, Btc, Btc. 



Correspondence Solicited. 



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WILLIAMS COLLEGE, 



WiLiviAMS C01.LEGE has graduated three thousand, 
one hundred and sixty young men between 1795 and 
1890. For the year 1889-1890 it has three hundred 
and twelve resident students, and over twenty pro- 
fessors or other officers of instruction. 

The library contains about twenty-nine thousand 
volumes. An attractive reading room, in a wing of 
the library, is amply provided with American and for- 
eign periodicals, and is to be open day and evening. 

The new Lasell gymnasium has all important modern 
appliances for physical training, and Weston field gives 
abundant space for out-of-door games and exercise. 

There are well-appointed laboratories and observa- 
tories for training in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry 
and Physics, and the work in them is designed to be 
exact and thorough ; but the College aims to be 
neither a Technical School nor a University. It desires 
to give a broad and general training, suitable as a basis 
for either a professional career or business life. 

Franklin Carter, Ph.D., Lly.D., President. 

For catalogues or information, apply to 

Rev. E. B. Parsons, D.D., 

Secretary of the Faculty. 



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NEW Y2RK CENTRAL 

nUDSON RIVER RAILROAD. 

HARLEM DIVISION, 

IN CONNKCTION WITH THE 

BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD 

FORMS 

The Direct and Comfortable Route Between 

/New york 

and the famous resorts 

In the Berkshire Hills. 



PAST SPECIAL TRAINS 

Equipped with every appliance of comfort and safety, run daily 

during the season to and from Grand Ce^itral Station, 

New York, and Pittsfield, North Adams, etc. 

Elegant Wagner Orawing-Room Cars on all Express Trains. 

Trains Leave^ Harlem Division Waiting-Room, Grand Cen- 
tral Station, c^th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York. 

^^S^Be Sure Your Tickets Read via This Route. 

For information apply at the following ticket offices : 
NEW YORK :— 413, 7S5, 942 Broadway, 12 Park Place, isSth Street and 

Grand Central Stations. 
BROOKLYN :— 333 Washins^ton Street, 726 Fulton Street, 39S Bedford 
Avenue. 
Or, address any agent of the New York Central (Harlem Division), or 
Boston & Albany Railroads. 

JOHN M. TOUCEY, GEO. H. DANIELS, 

General Manager, Gen'l Passenger Agent, 

GRAND CENTRAI. STATION, NEW YORK. 



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Adirondacks. 



Mirror Lake Hotel, Grand Vie\A/ 
■House and Cottages, 

LAKE PLACI-D, Al. g. 



AeeOMMOt>ATIO/^S FCR 500 GUESTS. ' 



Electric lights in every room. 
Elevator, Steam heat. 

Largest hotel at the lakes. 

Orchestra diiri?ig season. 

Open from May to October. 

Elevation over 2000 feet above tide. 

H. S. ISHAM, Manager. 



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ORGT^NIZED 1551. 



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lSerksl7ire Isife Insufance (^o., 

PITTSriELD. A\ASS. 



U/illiam I^. piup^ett, president. 
Jas. fr\. BarK<^r, Uie(?-pr<^s. Jas. U/. J^ull, S(?e. apd Tr<?a5. 



Issues All Approved Forms of Life and Endowment Policies. 

Its policies are protected by the non-forfeiture laws of the Common- 
wealth of Massachusetts, which secure greater benefits to members than 
those of any other State. 

The Massachusetts non-forfeiture law applies only to policies issued by 
Massachusetts companies. It does not even apply to policies issued by com- 
panies of other States upon the lives of Massachusetts citizens. 



HAMER & STONE, General Agents. 

Geo. Hamer, Bank Block, North Adams, Mass. 
J. B. Stone, 9 Company's Building, Pittsfield, Mass. 

A fine map of Berkshire County, which includes the entire Berkshire 
Hills region, showing in distinct colors. Highways, Railroads, Churches, 
Schools and points of interest, a valuable guide for the tourists, will be sent 
free to any address on application to the Home Office of the company, Pitts- 
field, Mass., or any agent of the company. 



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In connection with the Fitchburg "Railroad the 

most picturesque and interesting route 

betv/een 

BOSTO/N A/ND CHICAGO. 

The only direct Line to Lake George, Lake 

Champlain, and the lakes, mountains, 

rivers and grand forests of the 

A-DI-RO/NDACKS. 



The direct l_Ine to the nev^ and superb Hotel Chai 
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Knclose six cents in stamps for illustrated handbook of the line, hotel 
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■H. ©. young, ©en'l Passenger Agent, 

2 Vice-President. Albany, N. y. 




PEOPLE'S LI/NE STEAMERS 

DREiAi KND DET^N RICH7WTOND 

Capt, S. J. Rob. Capt. Thos. Post. 

Leaving ALBANY FOR NEW YORK Every (8 P. M.) Week Day 

For all points South. Tickets on sale and baggage checked from Sta- 
tions on principal Railroad lines throughout the East, North and West. 

Leave NEW YORK FOR ALBANY Every (6 P. M.) Week Day 

From Pier 41 N. R., foot of Canal Street, connecting at Albany next 
morning with trains for the North, West and East, and Summer Re- 
sorts ; the Adirondacks, Lakes George and Champlain, Saratoga, Bluff 
Point, Williamstown, and the Deerfield Valley. 

J. H. ALLAIRE, M. B. WATERS, 

G. T. A., New York. G. P. A., Albany, N. Y. 



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port U/illiam f^ei^ry |^otel, 



5. E. F{oessI(^, OwT)er aijd propri(^tor. 



This Hotel, which is the only "Great Hotel" at Lake 
George, is one of the largest and best appointed summer 
houses in the world. Its lake frontage is three hundred and 
thirty-four feet, along which runs the finest and broadest 
veranda on the continent. Its grounds are spacious and ele- 
gant. The furniture and all the appurtenances are of the best, 
a fast-running elevator, a first-class band of music, and every 
other convenience and luxury which the choice or taste of 
guests may demand, are provided. The cuisine is identical in 
everyway with that of "The Arlington," Washington, D. C. 
The same c/ie/ and assistants. The same steward. The same 
head waiter, with his excellent and full corps of carefully 
trained and experienced waiters. 

The Railroad and Steamboat Station adjoin the hotel 
grounds, and the hotel dock is the headquarters for all the 
passenger and pleasure or excursion boats on the lake. 

Board, per week, $17.50, $21.00, I25.00, I28.00, according 
to room. 



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CnA/nPLAiN 



AND 



LAKE GEQRGE 



THE FASHIONABLE THOROUGHFARE FOR TOURIST 

TRAVEL THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL 

LAKES. 



FIRST-CI.ASS STEAMKRS I.KAVE PLATTSBURGH FOR THE SOUTH 

AND CAIvDWEIvIv FOR THE NORTH EVERY WEEK DAY 

MORNING DURING THE SEASON OF SUMMER 

TRAVEL, WITH RAII. CONNECTIONS 

THROUGH TO 

WHITE /nOUNTAlNS, SARATOGA, 
THOUSAND ISLANDS, AAONTREAL, 

AUSABLE CHAS/n, ADIRONDACKS, ETC. 



MEALS SERVED ON BOARD, and every comfort and lux- 
ury guaranteed the patron of this line. 
Avoid the dust of the cars and enjoy a day's sail on the his- 
torical lakes. 

J|@^Tickets can be had at excursion ticket offices of all con- 
necting lines. 

P. W. BARNEY, 
BURI.INGTON, VT. General SupH. 




AU SABLE CHASAA, 

One of the Natural Wonders of the World. 

NO LOVER OF FINE SCENERY SHOULD OMIT VISITING IT. 

Situated three miles from I,ake Champlain. New all-rail route direct 
to the Chasm entrance. Take cars at Port Kent, a station on D. & H. Rail- 
road, and stopping-place for all boats on I,ake Champlain. 

LAKE VIEW HOUSE, under same management as the Chasm. 

W. H. TRACY, Proprietor. 



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Sarapae Cal^e, f\d\roT)dae\[ [T[t^., ^. V., 

f\T) iJp5urpassed 3ammer I^ejort for Sportsmer? ar>d 
pamilies. 

Situated on the east shore of the lovely "Lower Saranac 
Lake," at an elevation of 2000 feet above sea level. Deer, the 
trout, wild duck and other game are plentiful, furnishing a 
constant succession of sports from May to November. This 
hotel is one of the largest and most commodious in the Adi- 
rondacks ; nearly surrounded by a broad piazza, with 1000 feet 
of promenade ; has accommodations for 300 guests. Rooms 
large and well ventilated. The table is the best in the mount- 
ains, and has all the delicacies of the season — as good as the 
best at Saratoga. Trout and venison at all times. Telegraph, 
Postoffice, Boats and Livery connected with the house. 

For terms and further particulars, address 

D. J. GILLIGAN, Proprietor, 
H. H. TOUSLEY, Clerk. Saranac Lake, N. Y. 



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Spencer Trask & Co., 

16 and 18 Broad Street, New York. 
ALBANg, n, g. provi-dbajcb, h. i, 

SAKATOGA, N. g. 
TRANSACT A GMN:^RAI:, BANKING BUSINESS. 



SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO INVESTMENT SECURITIES. 

Private wires to each office and to 

F>HIL-KDEL.F=HIK, 

eOSTON, 

OHIOKGO. 

Saratoga Office, Grand Union Hotel "Block, 



